White House Press Briefing on Intelligence Reform, June 29. "The President's Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend is with us today. As you will recall, we have been undergoing a 90-day interagency review process on the recommendations from the Silberman-Robb commission, and Fran is here to brief you all on the response to the recommendations in that report, and then take whatever questions you have."

President Visits National Counterterrorism Center, June 10. " I want to thank you all for taking on such demanding assignments and important assignments. My message to the folks here is, thanks for being on the front line and protecting America during the war on terror."

Western intelligence `failed to uncover Nazi preparations' by Amir Oren, Ha'aretz, June 10. "Western communications intelligence failed to uncover Nazi Germany's preparations before World War II, or its efforts during the war to annihilate European Jewry, claims a new study of the American National Security Agency (NSA), published this week in Washington."

Pentagon seeks to share intelligence with allies, Reuters, June 3. "Cambone's memo, which was first reported by the Federation of American Scientists' e-mail newsletter, 'Secrecy News,' would allow combatant commanders to more easily include foreign liaison officers in strategy sessions and other meetings, officials said."

Pentagon chief orders staff to give allies better access to classified data by Peter Spiegel, Financial Times, June 3. "The head of Pentagon intelligence has ordered all US military officials to be more forthcoming in sharing classified information with allies, saying overly restrictive caveats on intelligence reports have hindered America's ability to work with coalition partners."

White House Memo on Strengthening Information Sharing, June 2. "It is of particular importance to ensure that Federal agencies have appropriate access to the information they need to perform their homeland security, diplomatic, defense, foreign intelligence, and law enforcement functions, and that State, local, and tribal authorities have appropriate access to the information they need to perform their homeland security functions."